be not in Kansas anymore

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be not in Kansas anymore

To no longer be in a place that one knows or where one is comfortable; to be in a completely unfamiliar and/or discomfiting environment. A reference to The Wizard of Oz, in which Dorothy, upon arriving to Oz, says, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." It can actually be quite shocking to finish college and enter the workforce, because suddenly you realize that you aren't in Kansas anymore and life operates in a totally different way now. As we walked into the bustling streets of Delhi, we knew we weren't in Kansas anymore.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Selma	SEL-mə (English), ZEL-mah (German)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Antonia	ahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma
Nicolasa	nee-ko-LAH-sah	Spanish
Leopoldo	le-o-POL-do (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Maureen	['mɔ:ri:n]
Lorrie	LAWR-ee	English